Here’s a portion of the speech that highlights the conflict over the role of government. Obama stated it pretty well. I just wish he had put forward a more aggressive job creating bill to go with this rhetoric. KZ On the Tone and Structure of the Obama Jobs Speech By James Fallows ... Read more

By Davie Jamieson Huffington Post, September 8, 2011 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama staked his presidency on a $447 billion jobs plan presented to Congress Thursday night, and a surprisingly large chunk of that plan — some $65 billion — is devoted to ... Read more

Miami Herald September 8, 2011 With the mantra “pass this jobs bill,” President Obama told a joint session of Congress that he has a $447 billion plan to get people back to work: “The American Jobs Act.” The plan and the speech also signified Obama getting ... Read more

Reuters September 8, 2011 The following are highlights of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech on the economic outlook before the Economic Club of Minnesota on Thursday. For a story on Bernanke’s testimony, see [ID:nW1E7IR02M] For a full text of Bernanke’s remarks, ... Read more

Pew researched the chances of falling out of the middle class. The study which examined the risk up to 2007 — before the economic collapse — had some startling findings: – Nearly a third of Americans who were part of the middle class as teenagers in ... Read more

Corrente September 7, 2011 Obama leaks The Greatest Jobs Plan EVAH!!! And most of it’s going to be, you guessed it, tax cuts, which we already know don’t work. Have I mentioned lately what an asshole Obama is? I mean, $300 billion is less than half of TARP, ... Read more

Yesterday, I criticized the jobs plan presented by President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, below is a jobs plan that would actually get the country moving and put in place a foundation for a 21st Century economy. KZ Sen. Bernie Sanders spells out his jobs plan WASHINGTON – September 7 ... Read more